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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:05:10 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2Trojans Head Back to State!http://www.kchkradio.net/2015/02/26/trojans-head-back-to-state/
http://www.kchkradio.net/2015/02/26/trojans-head-back-to-state/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 16:15:34 +0000chrishttp://www.kchkradio.net/?p=29997Congratulations to the New Prague Trojan Boys Hockey team for winning the Section 1A Title for the second consecutive year. The Trojans will compete in the 2015 State Boys Hockey Tournament March 4 – 7.

The National Weather Service says lows bottomed out near 30 below zero Wednesday morning for many Iron Range cities. Lows of 5 below to 15 below were common across southern Minnesota yesterday.

Lows Wednesday night were forecast from the upper 20s below zero in northern Minnesota to near 10 below in the southern part of the state. A wind chill advisory is out for Thursday morning for northern and southeastern Minnesota.

Today will be sunny, with highs from zero to 10 above. Minnesota will see some relief Friday with highs ranging from the mid-teens in the northeast to the low 30s in the southwest. Snow is likely with accumulations of up to 2 inches.

Mankato West High School Principal Brian Gersich, Educational Systems Consultant Melinda Crowley and New Prague High School Principal Lonnie Seifert were selected from six candidates for final interviews. The board selected elementary school principal Gary Anger as the first alternate.

South Central Service Cooperative Consultant Ed Waltman noted that the three will have their best chance to prove themselves during a next round of interviews.

Each member will spend a day in the community from Monday, March 2 through Wednesday, March 4. Gersich is planned for Monday, Seifert Tuesday and Crowley Wednesday.

Parents, staff, students and community members are also invited to attend a public question-and-answer session from 4 to 5 p.m. each of the three days in the Middle/High School auditorium. Additionally, the public will have the opportunity to meet each candidate at the conclusion of that candidate’s interview with the Le Sueur-Henderson School Board, at around 7:15 p.m. on March 2nd.

The board is expected to discuss the finalists at a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 in Middle/High School media center. At that time, the board may take vote to enter into contract negotiations with one of the candidates to begin work as superintendent July 1.

The new superintendent will take over for Rich Hanson who announced late last year that he would not seek to renew his current contract with the district. His contract ends June 30.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota’s health insurance exchange is giving a reprieve to residents who started the enrollment process before Sunday’s open enrollment deadline but couldn’t complete the process.

MNsure says anyone who’s “in line” will have until 5 p.m. Friday to finish the process. MN’s definition of those “in line” includes people who created an account, and those who filled out or submitted applications but didn’t complete the enrollment process by Sunday.

The exchange was closed for the holiday Monday, so the special enrollment period begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Eligible consumers need to call the MNsure Contact Center to complete the process.

MNsure spokesman Joe Campbell tells the Star Tribune some people had trouble enrolling over the weekend because of problems with a federal data hub that verifies income and identity information.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Fairbault Emeralds dance team won the state Class 3A high kick dance championship but other teams say the winners copied the choreography.

Faribault was one of six teams that competed in the finals of the high kick competition at Target Center. WCCO-TV reports the five other teams – Wayzata, Eastview, Chaska, Lakeville South, and Eden Prairie – disobeyed instructions to line up for the awards ceremony. Instead, they held hands and stood away in protest.

That resulted in the five being disqualified and Wayzata and Eastview being denied their second and third place trophies.

The Minnesota State High School League had determined earlier that Faribault did not plagiarize its dance routine.

League spokesman Dave Stead says the league won’t comment on the matter until it’s been fully reviewed.

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Information in the following story is from: WCCO-TV, http://www.wcco.com

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – State public safety officials say it’s been a deadly start to the month on Minnesota roads.

The Department of Public Safety says 13 people have died since February 1. Seven of those deaths happened during a four-day stretch, from Feb. 5-8.

Four of the six motorists who died were not wearing their seat belts. The seventh person was a pedestrian.

In the first 10 days of February, the number of traffic fatalities has exceeded the nine people killed during the long month of January.

The department’s Office of Traffic Safety says the lack of seat belts accounts for about half of the motorists killed overall in Minnesota. Speed or drunken driving is a factor in one in five deaths. And distracted driving is involved in one in four fatalities.

A group of legislators from greater Minnesota says farmers pay $10 for every $1 city residents pay when schools, cities and counties charge for new projects because farmers own more land. They’re introducing a bill that would only tax a farmer for his or her house, garage and one acre of land in those situations.

Rural issues are playing a bigger role at the Legislature this year. Senator Lyle Koenen says he hopes he can convince urban lawmakers that his bill should pass because it’s fair.

Koenen has pushed a similar bill in past sessions. But the Democrat from Clara City says rising land prices have made it a more pressing problem.